How hard can this retired Major Leaguer still throw? - Trevor Throws Cheese Ep. 1
The Mayday Report - Aug. 29, 2025
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I am going to throw 100 again, EVEN IF IT KILLS ME. Or... I am going to try really hard at least. Come with me on my pitching velocity journey, as this washed MLB pitcher looks to regain at least a little bit of glory. (16 mins)
I collaborated with DSARM, one of the absolute best baseball content creators out there, and faced off against some high schoolers… (16 mins)
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Ketel Marte, Tommy Pham and Aaron Judge: Recapping a dramatic week in baseball
The middle of August is infamously known across baseball as the “Dog Days of Summer.” The Trade Deadline has wrapped up, postseason races are still a few weeks away from really taking shape and everyone is feeling the effects of a long season.
My producer, David Korn, wrote about some on and off the field drama that’s been going on across baseball.
STAT OF THE WEEK - Squared-up Rate
A swing’s squared-up rate tells us how much of the highest possible exit velocity available (based on the physics related to the swing speed and pitch speed) a batter was able to obtain – it is, at its simplest, how much exit velocity did you get as a share of how much exit velocity was possible based on your swing speed and the speed of the pitch. A swing that is 60% squared up, for example, tells you that the batter attained 60% of the maximum possible exit velocity available to him, again based on the speed of the swing and pitch. (via MLB)
Data observation has told us that it’s only possible to attain that maximum possible exit velocity when a ball hits the sweet spot of the bat, approximately 4 to 9 inches from the head of the bat. Therefore, comparing the exit velocity observed with the exit velocity theoretically possible can tell us a great deal about how well the batter squared the ball up. Any particular swing can range from 0% squared up to 100% squared up.
For Statcast purposes, any swing that is at least 80% squared up is considered to have been “a squared-up swing.”
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